Road fee may be delayed until next year

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is considering a delay in applying the road maintenance fee until January 1, 2013, six months later than scheduled, an official said.

Minh qualifies for London Olympics

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has qualified for the 2012 Olympics Games in London, according to the latest from the World Badminton Federation.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 4/5

 Tennis tournaments to attract top professionals, amateurs; Golfers to tee off for Kings Island tournament; Da Nang's players called up to compete in international quest

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 4/5

Vietnamese, Lao women urged to uphold tradition; NA Chairman meets voters in Ha Tinh Province; VFF leader visits Buddhist patriarch

Naturalised player up for prize

VietNamNet Bridge – The final shortlist of candidates for the most prestigious football prizes in Viet Nam includes one naturalised player, it was announced yesterday, May 3, in HCM City.

A series of bank senior executives meet with misfortunes

VietNamNet Bridge – Holding important positions at banks and working in the most lucrative business field of the national economy can bring both the opportunities to get rich and become moneyless.

World Bank praises wise use of funds

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government had effectively used the World Bank's financial support, particularly in education and social security, the bank's managing director Mahmoud Mohieldin said yesterday, May 3.

City cracks down on taxi firms operating without valid licences

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Transport has uncovered 20 taxi companies operating without licences and suspended 47 taxis from operation following three weeks of inspections.

Heat wave puts local forests at high fire risk

VietNamNet Bridge – A man died fighting a forest fire in Bac Giang Province on Wednesday, as forests in other northern and central provinces are at extremely high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.

Polluting factories, farms, firms moved

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of southern Dong Nai Province on Wednesday decided to relocate 579 facilities this year, claiming they were hostile to the environment.

Yahoo says "inadvertent error" in CEO's resume

Yahoo on Thursday confirmed a shareholder's allegation that its chief executive officer (CEO) Scott Thompson did not have a computer science degree as claimed, saying that it is "an inadvertent error."

Hoang Quy Phuoc surely holds an Olympic card

According to regulations of FINA, Vietnamese swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc has satisfied conditions to get a ticket to the Olympics 2012, said Mr. Dinh Viet Hung, an official from the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Vendors – problem or beauty of Vietnam’s tourism?

Peddled wares can be seen in every country in the world, including developed economies.

NA support system expected to be improved

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Office and the UNDP on May 3 held a seminar in Hanoi discussing the organization and operation of the support system of the Vietnam NA.

Eating fish, nuts may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease: study

Eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, salad dressing and nuts may be associated with lower blood levels of a protein related to Alzheimer's disease and memory problems,

National tourist attraction driven to suicide

VietNamNet Bridge – The Xuan Huong Lake, a national beautiful landscape in Da Lat City - called the “dreamlike city of Vietnam” – has been found as seriously polluted.

Officials say Chinese tea products safe

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture have said that China's tea products have a high safety level overall and the country's regulations on pesticide residue levels are in line with international standards.

Businesses hesitant with banks’ suggestion on rollover

A lot of businesses have shown their hesitation when their creditors – commercial banks – ask them to borrow money elsewhere to pay bank loans, promising to provide new loans after the debt payment.

Expectations of fiscal and monetary policies

Since the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Vietnam jointly developed a framework for fiscal and monetary policy coordination, some have hoped that the move will phase out obstacles to macroeconomic stabilization in the country

Miss Ngo Phuong Lan to join Olympic torch relay

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan is one of the two Vietnamese representatives who will join the torch relay at the opening ceremony of the Olympics London this June.

U.S. private company delays launch to space station

The U.S. private company SpaceX announced Wednesday that the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station has been delayed due to software glitch.

Cambodia holds largest IT, telecoms exhibition

Cambodia's largest Information Technologies and Telecommunications Exhibition kicked off here Thursday to reflect the progress in the sector in recent years.

The dream of Vietnamese people to manufacture aircraft

A farmer manufactured two aircraft; an engineer - wounded soldier, tried to create a flying machine; a young engineer spent 10 years to generate a mini aircraft.

Non-state schools told to upgrade themselves, not to depend on policies

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has rejected the proposal by the Association of Non-state owned Schools to remove the floor mark scheme.

Half of the children under two have anemia

VietNamNet Bridge – A recent survey shows that up to 29 percent of Vietnamese children of less than five years old suffer from anemia. The rate is up to 45 percent for kids of 0 to 23 months old.